Markus Howard scored 14 of his career-high 53 points in overtime after Sam Hauser's deep 3-pointer at the end of regulation tied the game, and No. 21 Marquette beat Creighton 106-104 on Wednesday night.

Howard's dazzling offensive performance set a Marquette record and broke his own record for points in a Big East game. His 53 points were the most by a player in a game matching Division I opponents this season, one behind the 54 Furman's Jordan Lyons had against D-II North Greenville. Howard had 52 points against Providence last season. It was also the highest-scoring performance ever by a Creighton opponent.

Advertisement

>

Marquette never led until Howard scored on his team's first possession of overtime. Marquette repeatedly cut into Creighton leads only to see the Bluejays pull ahead again.

But with the Golden Eagles within 85-82 and 0.8 seconds on the clock, Creighton's long inbound pass touched nobody and rolled out of bounds on the other end.

That gave Marquette possession under its basket. Hauser caught the inbound on the left wing and launched a shot that left his fingertips just before the clock hit zeroes. The 3-pointer was ruled good immediately, and the call was upheld after a long video review.

Marquette (13-3, 2-1 Big East) won for the first time in four road games. Creighton (10-6, 1-2) dropped its second straight.

Sam Hauser and Joey Hauser added 13 points apiece for the Eagles, who made 16 of 28 3-pointers.

Most of those 3s were by Howard, who was unstoppable despite Davion Mintz's best efforts to guard him.

Howard was 10 for 14 on 3s and 13 for 15 from the free-throw line.

Ty-Shon Alexander had 23 points, Mintz scored 21 and Martin Krampelj had 19 for the Bluejays.

No. 4 Virginia 83, at Boston College 56: Mamadi Diakite matched his career high with 18 points, De'Andre Hunter also scored 18 and Virginia topped Boston College to stay unbeaten.

Brae Ivey led San Jose State (3-11, 0-2 in Mountain West) with 10 points.

Caroline hit a 3-pointer 11 seconds in and Nevada (15-1, 2-1) never trailed.

at Mississippi 82, No. 11 Auburn 67: Terence Davis had 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead surprising Mississippi to an upset of Auburn.

Ole Miss (12-2, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) continued its run of strong play under first-year coach Kermit Davis after being widely picked to finish at or near the bottom of the league.

Freshman K.J. Buffen added 16 points for the Rebels (11-3, 0-1) while Devontae Shuler scored 14. Davis shot 9 of 15 from the field and made four 3-pointers.

Auburn was led by Bryce Brown, who took 24 shots — 19 from 3-point range — to score 23 points.

at No. 13 Florida State 68, Miami 62: David Nichols had 13 points and PJ Savoy scored eight of his 10 in the second half as the bench players helped Florida State hold off Miami.

The Hurricanes used an 8-0 run late to close the gap to 64-62 with 46.4 seconds left, but Terance Mann's putback with 29 seconds remaining gave the Seminoles (12-2, 1-1 ACC) breathing room. Mann finished with nine points and seven rebounds.

Corey Davis Jr. was called for a charge in the final second of play, wiping out a tying basket for the Cougars (15-1, 2-1 American Athletic Conference).

Breaon Brady had 19 points to lead the Cougars, who started 15-0 for the first time since the 1967-68 team won its first 31 games. Shizz Alston Jr. had 12 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Owls (12-3, 2-1), who have won five of six. Nate Pierre-Louis added 16 points to help Temple beat a Top 25 team for the 12th straight season.

SOUTHLAND

MEN

at UC Santa Barbara 65, Cal Poly 56: Devearl Ramsey scored 19 points for the Gauchos (12-3) in a Big West Conference opener for the teams. Donovan Fields finished with 19 points for the Mustangs (4-10).

Cal State Northridge 84, at UC Riverside 83: Terrell Gomez scored a career-high 32 points and the Matadors (7-10) held on in a Big West opener. Dikymbe Martin had 25 points for the Highlanders (6-11).

at Hawaii 79, Cal State Fullerton 68: Eddie Stansberry scored 16 points and grabbed five rebounds and Jack Purchase added 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Rainbow Warriors (10-5) over the Titans (4-11) in a Big West opener.